Cribbage and card scoring board



March 15, 1938. R. ROBITAILLE ET AL CRIBBAGE AND CARD SCORING BOARD Filed June 26, 1936 ATTORNEYS WITNESS Patented Mar. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to cribbage and card scoring boards and has for an object to provide a score board having a plurality of concentric circular series of tally pin receiving openings, and having an indicator for indicating an initial or starting point in the outermost circular series of openings, and also having guides ior directing the tally pin from the end of one circular series of openings to the beginning of the next inscribed circular series of openings to the end that the tally pin may be advanced progressively clockwise around the score board to finish at the center of the score board and thus eliminate the inaccurate scoring with ordinary cribbage score boards in which the scorer moves the tally pin up and down a straight row of openings.

A further objectis to provide "a cribbage score board in which two, three or more players may score their points simultaneously, the structure also including a receptacle for cigarette ashes and also including underneath the receptacle a tray having a removable bottom for storing the tally pins.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, 1

Figure 1 is a plan view of a cribbage score board constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewtaken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, 9 designates a board having a depending marginal flange l0 which may be formed of any desired material, such as glass, for example, the board being somewhat hourglass shape in profile, that is, it is provided with two substantially circular ends ii and I2 which are duplicates of .each other, the ends being connected by a shank l3 having a depending arcuate flange 14 of greater radius than the radius of the curved ends H and I2. The shank is provided with a receptacle ii for the reception of cigarette ashes or other material, there being cigar or cigarette grooves l6 formed in the top face of the shank as illustrated.

Each circular end of the board is provided on the top face with three concentric circular series of openings l1, l8, and I9, containing forty openings each, and there is an opening 20 formed at the center of the circular end of the board, all of these openings being adapted to receive a tally pin 2i which is advanced by the player progressively from a starting point on the outer series of openings H to a finishing point at the center opening 20 to tally the game of 121 points.

An indicator 22, in the nature of an arrowhead, is applied to the surface of the board at or near the receptacle and points diametrically across the circular end of the board to the edge thereof to direct the player to start his tally pin at a certain opening in the outer series of circular openings 11, which, for the purpose of clarity, has been indicated with the legend Start on the drawing. The indicator may be applied to the board in any suitable manner such as for example, by painting in color thereon.

A guide 23 is applied to the board and connects the final tally pin receiving opening of the circular series of openings I! with the initial tally pin receiving opening of the next inscribed circular series of openings 18. Likewise, a guide 24 connects the final tally pin receiving opening of the intermediate circular series of openings 18 with the initial tally pin receiving opening of the next inscribed, or innermost circular series of tally pin receiving openings l9. These guides 23 and 24 may be applied to the board in any preferred manner such as, for example, by painting in contrasting colors or otherwise as desired. The guides are substantially parallel and pass obliquely across a radius of the circular board, said radius passing between the initial and the final tally pin receiving opening of each circular series. The purpose of these guides is to direct the player accurately from each annular series of openings to the next inscribed annular series of openings progressively until the 120th opening is arrived at.

A substantially triangular guide 25 is disposed on the board with its apex at the center opening 20 and with its base contiguous to' the innermost straight guide 24, said radius just mentioned being the median line of the triangular guide. The triangular guide likewise may be applied to the board in any preferred manner, as by painting, in either a contrasting color to the straight guides 23 and 24 or not. The purpose of the guide 25 is to direct the player in progressing from the final or 120th opening in the innermost circular series of openings II to the central or flnal opening 2. which is designated by the legend "Finish" on the drawing to denote the end of a game at 121 points.

Spacers 28 are arranged equi-distant apart on the board and separate the circular series of openings I1, is, and is into groups or live openings each to facilitate quickly counting a player's score. An arcuate series of live openings 8 is arranged concentrically within the innermost circular series of openings II to receive tally pins for indicating the number or games won by the player.

To enable three persons to play an additional score board 21, which is a duplicate or each of the two score boards II and I! just described, is provided with an arcuate flange 2| of the same radius as the arcuate flange I o! the shank II. The flange 28 or the score board 21 is secured to theflange ll oi. theshank llbymeansoi' asubstantially U-shaped spring clip a which is placed astride the bottom edges of both flanges, there being grooves 30 formed in the bottom edges of the flanges to receive the clip. The circular arrangement of the openings and the indicator, straight guides, and triangular guide, as well as the spacers, on the additional score board 21 are all identical with the like parts above described.

Underneath the ash receptacle the shank is provided with a tally pin tray 8! having a removable bottom 32 that is alldably fltted in a dove tail groove 33 formed in the tray as illustrated.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation or the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

A score board of substantially hour-glass proflle having circular ends connected by a shank, said shank having sides the radius oi curvature of which is outside 01 the shank and of the same length as the radius 01' curvature of the ends, the ends and the shank having a depending peripheral flange, an additional score board having an arcuate flange of the same radius 0! curvature as the arcuate flange oi the shank and adapted to abut said flange of the shank, and a U-shaped clamp adapted to straddle the shank flange and the additional board flange to clamp the additional board flange to the shank flange.

RAY ROBITAIILI. JOHN MUGGAH. 

